Echinopla is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is distributed from Singapore and Sumatra (Indonesia) to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.[3]
| Echinopla | |
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| Echinopla melanarctos worker from Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Echinopla Smith, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Echinopla melanarctos Smith, 1857
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 24 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesoxena Smith, 1860 | |
Species edit
- Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943
- Echinopla australis Forel, 1901
- Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012
- Echinopla corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943
- Echinopla crenulata Donisthorpe, 1941
- Echinopla deceptor Smith, 1863
- Echinopla densistriata Stitz, 1938
- Echinopla dubitata Smith, 1862
- Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862
- Echinopla maeandrina Stitz, 1938
- Echinopla melanarctos Smith, 1857
- Echinopla mistura (Smith, 1860)
- Echinopla nitida Smith, 1863
- Echinopla octodentata Stitz, 1911
- Echinopla pallipes Smith, 1857
- Echinopla praetexta Smith, 1860
- Echinopla pseudostriata Donisthorpe, 1943
- Echinopla rugosa André, 1892
- Echinopla serrata (Smith, 1859)
- Echinopla silvestrii Donisthorpe, 1936
- Echinopla striata Smith, 1857
- Echinopla tritschleri Forel, 1901
- Echinopla turneri Forel, 1901
- Echinopla vermiculata Emery, 1898
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Echinopla". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Echinopla". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. (2000). Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-643-06659-5.
External links edit
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